*Choose the "Text (Tab delimited)" option as shown if the metadata has no diacritics/ "foreign" characters in it.

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**If there are diacritics in the metadata, refer to [[Diacritics]] before proceeding.

[[Image:MODS_1.png]]

[[Image:MODS_1.png]]

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*Choose the "Text (Tab delimited)" option as shown if the metadata has no "foreign" characters (diacritics) in it or if you don't know if there are.

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**If you know there are diacritics in the metadata, go directly to [[Diacritics]] before proceeding.

*Save the .txt file in a prepared "Metadata" folder in the Digital_Coll_Complete directory.

*Save the .txt file in a prepared "Metadata" folder in the Digital_Coll_Complete directory.

*Open the .txt folder with your text editor.

*Open the .txt folder with your text editor.

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**Do a find and replace to remove all the quotation marks that have appeared during the export

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** Do a find and replace to remove all the quotation marks that have appeared during the export.

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**Make sure the file is encoded as UTF-8 rather than ANSI or anything else. (In Notepad++, encoding will display in the bottom right corner of the screen. To change it, go to the Encoding menu and select Encode in UTF-8.)

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** Check for [[Diacritics]] (unless you repaired them beforehand) and follow any applicable instructions before continuing

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**Save the file.

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** Make sure the file is encoded as UTF-8 rather than ANSI or anything else. (In Notepad++, encoding will display in the bottom right corner of the screen. To change it, go to the Encoding menu and select Encode in UTF-8.)

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** Save the file.

*Open Archivist Utility.

*Open Archivist Utility.

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*Choose the "Update Output" tab to check for errors.

*Choose the "Update Output" tab to check for errors.

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*Choose the "Log" tab to check for an error report (see below for explanations)

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*If no errors, chose "Export All Rows" and place the MODS output in the prepared MODS folder in the Digital_Coll_Complete directory.

*If no errors, chose "Export All Rows" and place the MODS output in the prepared MODS folder in the Digital_Coll_Complete directory.

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==Error and Warning Messages==

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===invalid XML output, could not tidy output===

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* this means you have an issue with a nonprinting character, almost always a diacritic

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* the Row # it gives you will be one row up from where the row lies on the spreadsheet (your spreadsheet has headers, but Archivist Utility starts counting at the row below the header)

What You Need

Steps

Choose the "Text (Tab delimited)" option as shown if the metadata has no "foreign" characters (diacritics) in it or if you don't know if there are.

If you know there are diacritics in the metadata, go directly to Diacritics before proceeding.

Save the .txt file in a prepared "Metadata" folder in the Digital_Coll_Complete directory.

Open the .txt folder with your text editor.

Do a find and replace to remove all the quotation marks that have appeared during the export.

Check for Diacritics (unless you repaired them beforehand) and follow any applicable instructions before continuing

Make sure the file is encoded as UTF-8 rather than ANSI or anything else. (In Notepad++, encoding will display in the bottom right corner of the screen. To change it, go to the Encoding menu and select Encode in UTF-8.)

Save the file.

Open Archivist Utility.

Load the correct MODS template by choosing the "Load XML Template".

For "old" metadata spreadsheets, this template is MODS-template_7.ds.xml

For m01 metadata spreadsheets, this template is AU_template.m01_5.xml

Both of these templates can be found in S:\Digital Projects\Administrative\forSoftware\ArchivistUtility

Chose the "Load Data" tab and select your .txt file.

Choose the "Update Output" tab to check for errors.

Choose the "Log" tab to check for an error report (see below for explanations)

If no errors, chose "Export All Rows" and place the MODS output in the prepared MODS folder in the Digital_Coll_Complete directory.

Error and Warning Messages

invalid XML output, could not tidy output

this means you have an issue with a nonprinting character, almost always a diacritic

the Row # it gives you will be one row up from where the row lies on the spreadsheet (your spreadsheet has headers, but Archivist Utility starts counting at the row below the header)

example: Error (u0003_0000581.txt row 147): invalid XML output, could not tidy output refers to a problem with spreadsheet line 148

Missing Columns and Unused Columns

are different

This means you're probably using the wrong template

This is what it looks like when you put an old-form spreadsheet into a m0# template

This is what it looks like when you put a m0# spreadsheet into an old-form template

are almost the same

This means there's probably a misspelling in the the column header

Example: if you've got a Missing Column called "Date Created" and an Unused Column called "DateCreated," that's the same problem: the column was labeled incorrectly in the spreadsheet